This is our last article, for now, on the topic of African Poverty. Please note that in the future the African Camp Fire Stories (ACFS) Podcast will cover this topic in more detail, in the form of an audio series. So stay tuned for that series! Now...
SUMMARY of Episode 8 – Cold War Pawns – Berlin Conflict and The Korean War We look the conferences that took place between Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill. Germany is split into Western portion and USSR portion. Berlin is split into East and West...
Please ensure to check out Parts One to Six of our articles series on the sources of African poverty. Last time, Part Six, we used mainly the book Why Nations Fail – The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty – by Daron Acemoglu and James A...
SUMMARY of Episode 7 – Cold War Pawns – The Fight for China. Today’s episode goes to Asia. We look at the History of China, in as far as the Cold War is concerned. China’s war against itself. The Chinese Civil War. War between China and Japan...
SUMMARY of Special Episode i – The USA and Russia’s Pre-Cold War Intervention in Africa This is our very first Special Episode. On this Episode we take a break from our Cold War Pawns series, to give you a little history of the USA and Russia’s...
SUMMARY of Episode 6 – Cold War Pawns – After Hitler We continue to look at the growing conflict between the USA and the USSR. We look the conferences that took place between Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill. Then, first Roosevelt dies and then...
For today’s article, we will again make use of the book Why Nations Fail – The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty – by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robins (2012) – as we did on Part Five. In Part Five (the previous article) of our ongoing...
Please check out our previous articles on this series; that is, Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four For today’s discussion, we will use a book called Why Nations Fail – The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty; authored by Daron...
Please check out our previous articles on this series; that is, Part One, Part Two and Part Three. Today’s instalment, Part Four, of our discussion on the sources of African poverty will be based on a book by Ian Morris, called Why The West Rules –...
SUMMARY of Episode 5 – Cold War Pawns – The Second World War Paranoia reigns between the Western Allies (the USA and Britain) and the USSR. The countries allied against Adolf Hitler’s Germany meet to reach agreements; but those agreements are not...